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CVE-2019-1387: git-scm git

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2019-1387RHSA-2020:0124UBUNTU-CVE-2019-1387
Published 18-12-2019Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-1387 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in git-scm git. EPSS estimates a 4.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 8
DLA-2059-1DLA-3844-1DLA-3867-1DSA-4581-1MGASA-2019-0391MGASA-2019-0393

Timeline

  1. 18-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.43% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat19 products
  • emacs-git< 0:1.8.3.1-21.el7_7
  • emacs-git-el< 0:1.8.3.1-21.el7_7
  • git< 0:1.8.3.1-21.el7_7
  • git-all< 0:1.8.3.1-21.el7_7
  • git-bzr< 0:1.8.3.1-21.el7_7
Alpine2 products
  • git≥ 2.14.0, < 2.22.2-r0 | ≥ 2.14.0, < 2.24.1-r0 | ≥ 2.14.0, < 2.15.4-r0 | ≥ 2.14.0, < 2.18.2-r0 | ≥ 2.14.0, < 2.20.2-r0
  • libgit2< 0.28.4-r0
Debian1 product
  • git< 1:2.24.0-2
Git-scm1 product
  • git≥ 2.14.0, < 2.14.6 | ≥ 2.15.0, < 2.15.4 | ≥ 2.16.0, < 2.16.6 | ≥ 2.17.0, < 2.17.3 | ≥ 2.18.0, < 2.18.2 | ≥ 2.19.0, < 2.19.3 | ≥ 2.20.0, < 2.20.2 | ≥ 2.22.0, < 2.22.2 | 2.21.0 | 2.23.0 | 2.24.0
Microsoft corporation1 product
  • git< v2.24.1 | < v2.23.1 | < v2.22.2 | < v2.21.1 | < v2.20.2 | < v2.19.3 | < v2.18.2 | < v2.17.3 | < v2.16.6 | < v2.15.4 | < v2.14.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • git< 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.7 | < 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.5

6 vendors · 25 products

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